I don’t want to open up that hill of worms

This is a mash up of “opening up a can of worms” (a situation that once started will have a negative outcome) and “doesn’t amount to a hill of beans” (a negligible amount). For some reason, cans, beans, and worms seemed to be mixed a lot. See, for example, my July 21, 2013 posting – “I’ve opened up a can of beans”, or or my December 18, 2012 posting – “That’s a real ball of worms.” https://malaphors.com/2012/12/18/thats-a-real-ball-of-worms/ and https://malaphors.com/2013/07/31/ive-opened-up-a-can-of-beans/. I suppose worms are can be viewed as negligible as beans. Speaking of beans, the Yiddishwordfor“beans” is “bupkes,”whichhasbeenadoptedintoAmericanEnglish to mean“absolutelynothing.”You’llhear it at cardgameswhen a disgustedplayertosses in hishand and says “I gotbupkes.” A big thanks to Anthony for hearing this one from a co-worker and sending it in!